Little Blurb from Thanksgiving

[panic_everyone]

Holidays are always a stressful time for people, I'm no different. All over the world it's the same. Hopefully people have those in their lives that make them happy and I'm not saying that I don't, but this holiday has been lacking. I am grateful to my sister and her life partner for creating a wonderful meal and a wonderful day of cooking and

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[wsdante]

Just over six years ago, having been kicked to the ground and stomped on by my last failed relationship, I resigned myself to the life of a singleton. I gave up on relationships all together. I told myself that, at the age of forty, all that initially intense, joyful game was invariably pointless effort and wasted time. Anyone who said different was deluding themselves. So, I made a conscious decision not to fall for that crap ever again.

I think I met 'C' precisely because I wasn't looking. Moreover, since I wasn't looking, I wasn't consciously trying to be 'available' 'interesting' or 'attractive', (That last one is truly a waste of time and effort on my part, anyhow).
We both showed up for a mutual friend's birthday meal and just got talking.
Then did some more talking. Then, to break the trend, we started chatting instead.
Then tentative non-committal emails were sent, (then semi-committal), meets over coffee occured and, well, you get the idea.
We now share four kids between us with ages ranging from five to twenty-one.

I wouldn't give you the Disney-esque crap about things 'turning out right in the end' so long as you are 'true to yourself' and 'follow your dreams'.
There are billions of people in the world who are lonely and unlucky through no fault of their own. The Shit Fairy is a random and arbitrary little cuss.
Who knows? Could be that my own near idyllic world may crumble next week.
Lightning can strike at the oddest times and from the strangest angles.
Perhaps, for every Shit Fairy, there's and equal and opposite Shinola Fairy. Maybe what I think I'm trying to say is, hang in there. Time, and at least, 50/50 odds are on your side - Fairy-wise, anyhow.

Love back at you, brother ;)